Not everything in 'The Lego Movie 2' is awesome, but that's OK

Ever build a Lego set and think you did a great job until you compare your concoction with the box? That's "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part." It's a brilliant creation by any comparison except for the films that preceded it.

"Really good" may pale in comparison to "super amazing," but if you can live with the disparity then this is the sequel for you.

Reassembling most of the pieces from the shockingly successful 2014 original and the even more hilarious "The Lego Batman Movie" (2017), adding in a few exciting new ones, the follow-up excels at fan service and joke volume.

There's no way you can lose with a voice cast of Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Tiffany Haddish, Will Arnett and Elizabeth Banks, each allowed to flex their comedic muscles.

The burden of "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" is proving that it needs to exist when it clearly is a superfluous as a post-shower bath.

The filmmaking team accomplishes the task by zigging instead of zagging, hurling itself freely into the self-evident awareness of its pointlessness.

It adds an emotional core of a live-action sibling rivalry subplot that tugs at the heart blocks.

The setup involves the struggle of a girl's attempts to get her Lego-obsessed brother's attention by kidnapping characters and crushing his elaborate buildings. Her creations manifest as cutesy villains, the leader of which -- voiced by